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This publications portal is a repository of all IOMmigration and health publications from 2006 to present where IOM was a primary contributor.

Publications include peer-reviewed scientific papers, technical reports, training guides/manuals, policy briefs/discussion papers, factsheets, newsletters, research reviews, conference and poster presentations. These are categorized by topic, author, country/region covered as well as by year, language and type of publication. The map reflects the countries covered by the publications.

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A new IOM survey on the needs and vulnerabilities of undocumented migrants in South Africa's northernmost Limpopo province calls for urgent humanitarian assistance for particularly vulnerable groups, such as unaccompanied minors, women and victims of sexual and gender-based violence and other crimes.

The newly created Global Partnership on HIV and Mobile Workers in the Maritime Sector, which brings together IOM, UN agencies, unions, ship-owners and maritime health professionals, has outlined its strategic vision to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS among seafarers.

A new study by IOM on sexual and reproductive health with a focus on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) among the communities located along Ecuador’s northern border, have discovered a high prevalence of STIs.

IOM's Emergency Assistance Programme for Persons in Search of International Protection, which covers Colombia's borders with Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela, dispatched five 10-person medical teams to work with Colombians who have crossed international borders in search of protection and the local residents in the receiving communities.

IOM has been implementing cholera awareness campaigns with city health authorities at major transportation hubs in Harare, Bulawayo
and Mutare December 20th through January 10th to promote the prevention of cholera transmission through the large scale movement
of people during the holiday period.

Across Zimbabwe, close to 4,000 people have died from cholera in recent months, mostly in impoverished districts. Tens of thousands
more have been treated for the highly infectious disease spread by contaminated food and water. Deteriorating sewage systems, poor
access to safe drinking water, a shortage of trained health personnel, and the large and frequent movement of people have contributed to the spread of the disease.